Sticky Cabin Door

Wandering Sagebrush

Wandering Sagebrush

Free Range Human
I was doing a little work on Constant Craving today to add a standoff extension to one of the GPS pucks, and had the door stick. The cabin was facing west, and it was in the 80's here today. My assumption is that the door expanded, and the cabin door frame did not. The door was hard to open, then would not completely close. I did have the cover over the forward half of the boat.

It closes now that it is cooling off.

Anyone else have a similar experience or a different opinion?

Steve
 
Steve,
I have the same experience with my 2002. It has a Starboard door and a molded fiberglass opening. The plastic expands greatly in hot weather and the door sticks and is hard to close. As soon as it cools off it works fine. The actual part that sticks is the metal lockset. On my boat it is not inset into the edge of the door. So the metal edge is the part that sticks out farthest toward the door frame. I have considered routing a shallow inset into the edge of the door-but haven't gotten around to it yet.
 
Ken, Roger:

Thanks for the feedback. Ken, like your boat, I think mine is catching at the metal portion of the latch. I'm surprised that I had not noticed this earlier.

Steve
 
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